Table 3 Behavioral attributes and job environment characteristics
From: Occupational exposure to sharps injury among healthcare providers in Ethiopia regional hospitals
Variables | Categories | n = 195 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioral attributes | |||
Previous exposure of needle recapping | yes | 74 | 37.9 |
no | 121 | 62.1 | |
Previous exposure to sharps injury | yes | 64 | 32.8 |
no | 131 | 67.2 | |
Awareness of the department to report sharps injury | yes | 136 | 69.7 |
no | 59 | 30.3 | |
In-service job training | yes | 92 | 47.2 |
no | 103 | 52.8 | |
Job environment | |||
Infection prevention committee | Yes | 130 | 66.7 |
No | 65 | 33.3 | |
Source of syringe with needle | Patient bought from health facility | 167 | 85.6 |
Free of charge from facility | 28 | 14.4 | |
Post-exposure management in the facility | yes | 141 | 72.3 |
no | 54 | 27.7 | |
Privacy during counseling | yes | 134 | 68.7 |
no | 61 | 31.3 | |
Injection environment | clean | 185 | 94.9 |
dirty and contaminated | 10 | 5.1 | |
Availability of sharp materials collection box | yes | 156 | 80.0 |
no | 39 | 20.0 | |
Status of sharp materials collection box | over-filled | 51 | 26.2 |
3/4th | 144 | 73.8 | |
Sharp materials outside the collection box | yes | 98 | 50.3 |
no | 97 | 49.7 | |
Way of disposal of sharp materials | open incineration | 41 | 21.0 |
protected incineration | 109 | 55.9 | |
open dumping | 32 | 16.4 | |
burial in a pit | 13 | 6.7 | |
Availability of guideline | yes | 94 | 48.2 |
no | 101 | 51.8 | |
Emergency care procedure | yes | 28 | 14.4 |
no | 167 | 85.6 | |
Injection procedure | yes | 11 | 5.6 |
no | 184 | 94.4 | |
Suturing procedure | yes | 11 | 5.6 |
no | 184 | 94.4 | |
Sharps collection box availability at distance of hand stretch | yes | 120 | 61.5 |
no | 75 | 38.5 | |